NAME

Log::Any::Adapter::Carp - Simple adapter for logging via warnings

SYNOPSIS

use Log::Any::Adapter;
# Minimal messages
Log::Any::Adapter->set('Carp', no_trace => 1, log_level => 'warn');
# Stack trace with every message
Log::Any::Adapter->set('Carp', full_trace => 1, log_level => 'debug');

DESCRIPTION

This relatvely simple adapter for Log::Any is in many ways similar to the builtin Log::Any::Adapter::Stderr, but instead of writing messages directly to STDERR, it uses Perl's "warn" in perlfunc mechanism. This allows you to do things like generate stack traces, or redirect the message via a $SIG{__WARN__} hook, if you're using that to handle diagnostic reporting from your application.

By default, the log message is generated by "carp" in Carp, so will have file and line information appended.

Log category is ignored. Other attributes that can be used to configure the adapter include:

log_level

The minimum level of message to log.

no_trace

If true, do not include any traceback or location information with the logged message. This causes a newline to be appended to the message, if it's not already there, and the result to be handed off to "warn" in perlfunc.

A true value supersedes any of the other traceback-modifying attributes described below.

Defaults to false.

full_trace

If true, the logged message is output with a full stack trace via "cluck" in Carp.

A true value supersedes any of the other traceback-modifying attributes except "no_trace".

Defaults to false.

skip_me

If true, this causes the package calling "set" in Log::Any::Adapter to be skipped when determining file and line information. This is probably not what you want in your application's mainline code, but may be useful if you're using a separate logging class, or logging messages from library. But rememeber that the application can override your settings if it chooses by calling "set" in Log::Any::Adapter.

Defaults to false.

skip_packages

Allows you to specify other packages to skip when "carp" in Carp is looking for location information.

If the value is an array reference, its contents are taken as package names to be excluded.

If the value is a compiled regular expression, then Carp::Clan is loaded and the content are used as a pattern for excluding packages. If Carp::Clan can't be loaded, a fatal error occurs. (Usage note: Carp::Clan's peculiar habit of prepending to the message the name of the function called from the last skipped package may limit its value for this particular purpose. At a minimum, you may wish to consider trimming off the prefix via a $SIG{__WARN__} hook.)

Defaults to empty.

EXPORT

None.

SEE ALSO

Log::Any, Carp, Carp::Clan

BUGS AND CAVEATS

Are there, for certain, but have yet to be cataloged.

VERSION

version 1.01

AUTHOR

Charles Bailey <cbail@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2015 by Charles Bailey

This software may be used under the terms of the Artistic License or the GNU General Public License, as the user prefers.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The code incorporated into this package was originally written with United States federal funding as part of research work done by the author at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.